SB2025020621 - Privilege escalation in Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway, Secure Web Appliance and Secure Email and Web Manager
Published: February 6, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025020621
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Execution with unnecessary privileges (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20185)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an architectural flaw in the password generation algorithm for the remote access functionality. A local user can generate a temporary password for the service account and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.